What we have today is nothing more then the government schools and the NEA unions using behavior modification drugs as an indoctrination tool. The parents of these poor kids are simply not smart enough to see what is going on. I for one would NEVER allow my child to be put on Ritalin or any other similar drug simply to make the teachers job easier.
Kid’s also had recess in the 50’s. Something that public schools don’t want to take the time for now.
We homeschooled and when my very squirmy, active son was having a bad day, I would have him run a few laps around our 1/3 acre property. Surprisingly, he became quite teachable.
When I was in the 3rd grade in 1966, my teacher told a visitor to our class that I was a good student but sometimes I was on Cloud 9. I shudder to think what they’d do to me now.
What horror for parents who refuse to drug their children and risk imprisonment for “medical neglect.” Chalk this one up as more support for home schooling if you live in such a town.
Another point — young people who may have wanted to join the military won’t be able to if they’ve been on Ritalin. Is this the Leftist NEA Teachers Union way of nuking our National Defense?
I grew up and went to school in the 1950’s, graduating HS in 1960. I knew of NO ONE who was on any sort of medication to control behavior. Kids behaved in class because the feared the consequences if they didn’t. It was just that simple.
Same with me. Although we did have three boys (all small for their age) who couldn’t keep quiet or still. Needless to say, our 6th grade would march, almost daily, in a circle at recess because the class would be punished if one misbehaved. We could count on marching most of our recessess (rain or shine). One of the boys skipped the 7th because of his intellegence. All turned out fine. Although the nun who taught us 6th grade later had to be put to pasture! Yeah!
Same here.
Two weeks ago, I put my eleven year old in the car and drove five hundred miles to visit family. He spent the night with my younger sister and her husband... they are both fun, boisterous, and energetic people.
My son became excited and played really hard... and had a difficult time calming down when asked. He had just spent eight hours cooped up in a vehicle! He was happy to spend time with his fun-loving uncle who wrestled, jumped around, made lots of noise and cracked many jokes. Of course my son was excitable and boisterous!
My sister and her husband have no children... but they were quick to pronounce that my son must be ADHD... because he was hyper! Oh, my goodness! They know nothing about raising children and their energy levels. I was really annoyed.
At school, my son fidgets ALL THE TIME. That is because he becomes bored as he absorbs the lessons faster than others. He is highly intelligent and doesn’t need to be spoon-fed the answers. His teacher learned to give him things to do with his hands and to fast-forward him ahead of his class and started teaching him division when the others were still beginning to learn multiplication.
My son is bright, imaginative, happy and a very good student. Should a future teacher complain about his behavior, I will resist all labels and any attempt to hint at a phychological problem or a course of medication. It is my responsibility to guard his health from the ignorance of others.
Why more parents don’t take their children’s health more seriously is beyond me. They are guilty of abuse and neglect should they blindly follow the prescriptions of a 24 year old teacher or school social worker who know nothing about the child.
“What we have today is nothing more then the government schools and the NEA unions using behavior modification drugs as an indoctrination tool. The parents of these poor kids are simply not smart enough to see what is going on. I for one would NEVER allow my child to be put on Ritalin or any other similar drug simply to make the teachers job easier.”
Amen, discipline and a change of diet does wonders. Get them off the sugars and off dairy products. It does help.
DING! DING! DING...we have a winner!